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KERBY — A 40-foot log used by protesters to block access to the Mike's Gulch timber salvage sale in a roadless area of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest Tuesday morning was cut from a nearby botanical area, according to forest officials. One irate activist called it a "petty" point, and said the U.S. Forest Service and John West, president of the firm that purchased the roadless sale, had cut countless trees illegally [snip] Illinois Valley resident Annette Rasch, a longtime environmental activist who was at the protest, discounted the issue. She said she did not know where the log came...

LEGENDS OF THE MIND Wildlife group claims proof of Bigfoot colony Says it will release 'scientific evidence' of creatures soon Posted: February 19, 20069:26 p.m. Eastern © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com Sasquatch fever has struck Malaysia, where an animal-protection group now claims to have "scientific evidence" to prove the existence of the legendary creature known as "Bigfoot." The Johor Wildlife Protection Society says it has discovered an entire colony of the creature, which it has dubbed "Orang Lenggor" (Lenggor People) in the Johor jungles. "We will make public the evidence soon," the society's secretary Tay Teng Hwa told Bernama, the Malaysian National News Agency....

WASHINGTON — The Senate blocked oil drilling in an Alaska wildlife refuge Wednesday, rejecting a measure that had been put into a must-pass defense spending bill in an attempt to garner wider support. Drilling supporters fell four votes short of getting the required 60 votes to avoid a threatened filibuster of the defense measure over the oil drilling issue. Senate leaders were expected to withraw the legislation so it could be reworked without the refuge language. The vote was 56-44.

Endangered 'mouse that doesn't exist' might be delisted By Mead Gruver The Associated Press     CHUGWATER, Wyo. -- Amy and Steve LeSatz want to be able to teach their clients the finer points of riding and roping in their own arena but can't because of a mouse that may never have existed.     The only decent site on their property for building an arena in southeastern Wyoming lies within 300 feet of Chugwater Creek. Building there is far too expensive because of the Endangered Species Act restrictions intended to protect the Preble's mouse.     "The mouse that doesn't exist," Amy...

High-gas-price blues? Blame the greens Posted: March 27, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com As gasoline prices continue to climb, finger pointing is becoming a national pastime. Led by Sen. Ted Kennedy, of all people, Senate Democrats say they are "outraged that the administration is not doing everything in its power to alleviate the strain on drivers, consumers and businesses." This same Ted Kennedy, and Tom Daschle, have led Senate Democrats to block the administration's energy bill. They have done everything in their power to increase the strain on drivers, consumers and businesses by blocking every attempt to increase...